Brady Hoke on WDFN: 'We're not going to try to put any square pegs in round holes'

One of the main complaints about former Michigan head coach Rich Rodriguez wasn't about his read option offense as much as the fact that he tried to implement it too quickly, and without regard to the talent of the players he was inheriting.

The Wolverines went 3-9 in Rodriguez's first season.

The new man in charge at Schembechler Hall has no designs on forcing a particular system onto the offense and defense. Instead, Brady Hoke will evaluate what he has, and then devise a plan to fit the roster.

"I think you'd be remiss as a coach if you don't know your personnel," he said on WDFN-AM 1130, "and you try to implement something that maybe you're not quite ready for. There's a way to grow to it. So we're not going to try to put any square pegs in round holes.

"We're gonna take the playmakers and the talent that we have, and we'll make sure defensively and offensively, we're gonna do a good job of taking advantage of those talents that we do have."

Listen to the full interview to hear Hoke discuss his recruiting plans: